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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1936
Page
6
A lengthy court dispute bogged down by technicalities prompts a judge to interrupt a lawyer who quips about bags being full half-full or empty. The exchange pivots on whether bags were wind. The moment underlines the case’s tedious nature and the courtroom humor.
Screeves wrote his first play which the producer found too long for the stage. The producer suggested trimming while Screeves argued it could be fixed by lengthening the stage. The exchange captures a humorous clash over adapting new work for performance.
A pithy collage of Times Square scenes and New York ironies. The writer notes theater delays, busy streets, pigeons, bootblacks, and a roller of culture from jazz to radio, with references to Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt Medora Roosevelt and Jack Dempsey as colorful local figures.
A plan to develop Mount Whitney summit includes installing a sunlighting device with a topographical map and training on 40 points, plus rebuilding the rock cairn into a monument. Chester Versteeg proposes naming a nearby 14,000 foot peak Mount Constitution in honor of the Constitution. The project aims to improve access with a safer trail, a shelter house upgrade, and a small lockhouse museum.
Two men hired driver Francis L. Quinon in Boston and rode to Park and Tremont streets. One man fled the cab. Quinon chased him. The second man sped off with the taxi, leaving the driver to recover the situation.
Toronto reports that 30 Canadian scientists signed an agreement to let the survivor who outlives the others write the explanation of the deaths. Dr CG H Best of the University of Toronto described annual mutual examinations and blood analyses as the basis for the story.
Federal forest officials study California timber supply and plan to revive ghost towns like Hureka. The program aims at sustained yield units with private landowner cooperation, extending forest credits or federal land purchases to ensure continuous logging and permanent profitability under sustained yield forestry.
Mrs Beatrice Blake spoke to beauty counsellors urging better shaving methods for men. She advised cold cream on rough cheeks, proper soap application, careful razor use without tugging, and cautioned against overly close shaves. For oily skin she suggested astringents for those who need them and powder as an alternative.
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